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Mimic a Natural Woodland in Your Own Yard – Aug 22

St. Joseph's Halle 212 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg, Texas, United States

This month’s meeting of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) will focus on creating a landscape that mimics a natural woodland habitat. In its native state, a natural woodland is an open meadow dotted with dense clumps of trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers.

Doug Tallamy Webinar – Aug 23

The Collin County Master Gardeners Association would like to invite you to a FREE webinar to hear the world-famous entomologist and proponent for the benefits of native plants—Dr. Doug Tallamy.

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's native demonstration garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Craig Bruska at craigbruska@hotmail.com for details and to confirm the workday.

Event Series Northeast Texas Chapter Meeting

August Program – Northeast Texas Chapter – Daniel Duncum: Native Trees NOT Typically Found in Local Nurseries / Followed by Chapter Business Meeting- August 24

August Program: TBD Location: 706 West Cotton Street, Longview, TX 75604 You probably haven’t seen Gum Bumelia or Eastern Hop Hornbeam in your local garden center, but they are some of the native trees that grace our east Texas woods. Learn about these and other native trees that are rare gems in the nursery trade. […]

Event Series NPSOT Growing Area Project

NPSOT Austin Growing Area Project, 4th Saturday Workdays, Cancelled due to heat.

Dowell Ranch Preserve 301 West FM 1626, Manchaca, TX, United States

We have started a new collaboration with the Native Prairie Association of Texas, on their 150 acre Dowell Ranch Preserve. In return for allowing us to hold our plant sales and store equipment, we will assist with their prairie restoration. Part of these activities will be to grow native plants that can be used for […]

Southwest U.S. Native Plants Workshop (Online Webinar)

Half Moon Education, Live Webinars Event Fee: $319.00 This six-hour course will instruct design professional on how to utilize and maintain native plants in the southwest United States to support wildlife, promote pollinators, and increase urban climate resilience. Additionally, the course will examine how climate change has altered habitats in the southwest, provide strategies for […]

$319.00

Field Trip to Doremus Nursery

Doremus Nursery is located at 2167 County Rd 1550, Warren, TX. Details will be posted at a later date.

August Chapter Meeting – Craig Hensley

Speaker: Craig HensleyNative Plants, Butterflies, and other Pollinators: Making Connections Native plants and pollinators, including butterflies, fit together hand in glove. Without one you don’t have much of the other. Join TPWD Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley for a look at a variety of native plants that attract pollinators, whether for nectar, pollen or […]

Native American Seed, George Cates – Aug 28

Hill Country Chapter NPSOT Chapter Meeting George Cates was born and raised in North Texas (Sherman). As a kid he enjoyed competitive sports, especially soccer, and spending the summers on his grandparent’s small ranch in Manchaca, TX. There, he developed his love of and respect for nature, through fishing, hunting, camping, and exploring with his […]

Ann Miller Gonzalez Graduate Research Grant Application Period Opens

Ann Miller Gonzalez Graduate Research Grants This research grant is named in honor of an early supporter of Texas native plants. The maximum amount of each grant is $2500 for the duration of the grantee’s research project. Grant applications are accepted September 1, 2023 through  October 15, 2023 and funds will be distributed in January 2024. See […]

Boerne Chapter Meeting

Boerne Chapter Meeting 6:00pm Social Time; 6:45pm Announcements and Presentation. Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium

Show and Tell – Collin County Chapter Meeting – September 2023

Important update: Our September 5th chapter meeting has been changed to virtual only. We will not be meeting at the Heard. We are still in need of presenters, please consider "showing and telling" about your native plants. Our chapter’s annual “Show and Tell” meeting will be on September 5th @ 6:30 pm. Members and other attendees are […]

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country 4831 FM2673, Canyon Lake, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Heritage Museum to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's Demonstration Garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Mickey Riviere at mr0752@gvtc.com or Peggy Haley at phaley@gt.rr.com to confirm the workday.

Amy Martin highlights her new book Wild DFW, North Central Chapter Meeting – Sept 7

Amy Martin highlights her new book; Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth: https://wild-dfw.com/ Meet Amy Martin, get a signed copy of her new book Wild DFW. Hear how she grew up in east Texas and has been a journalist all her life covering a range of subjects “infused with a deep spirituality and concern […]

P&P Board Meeting

All members are invited to attend. Advanced registration is required. Attachments were included in the September 4, 2023, email from President McConnell. Agenda:Call to orderRoll call for a quorumMinutes of the July 24, 2023, Board meeting (attached)--Carolyn Worsham.  Vote to accept.Report of the President--Gail McConnell- Please take a shift at the Home and Garden Show, Sept […]

Second Saturday Workday, Boerne Chapter

Second Saturday Workday 9:00am-Noon, Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens. Please bring hat, work gloves, water, sunscreen, insect repellent.

Seed Propagation Class – Clear Lake

Clear Lake Chapter - Seed Propagation class taught by Martha Richeson and Marty Shows at EIH. A UHCL parking permit is necessary.

“The Importance of Natives; Aren’t they Just Weeds” -by Deedy Wright

Community Class taught by Deedy Wright, location Canyon High School. Learn the many services native plants provide us and our environment to make ourlives better. Find out why natives are surging in popularity right now. You must register at: https://comalisd.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf%5bcategory%5d=14

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's native demonstration garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Craig Bruska at craigbruska@hotmail.com for details and to confirm the workday.

NPSOT Executive Board Meeting

Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Executive Board meetings occur monthly and any member may attend. Contact the Executive Director prior to the meeting at state@npsot.org for Zoom and applicable document links. Please be prepared to follow the Visitor's Executive Meeting Protocol.

Seed Saving for Native Plants – Williamson County Chapter Meeting, Sept 14

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, September 14, 2023, when our featured topic will be Seed Saving for Native Plants with Colleen Dieter.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting. About our topic: Who, what, when, where, why and HOW to save […]

Information Booth and Speaker- Trinity Forks – Part of Wise County Horticulture Club Event “A Garden Affair”

Wise County Fairgrounds, Women's Building, 3101 FM 51,  Decatur, TX 76234 Visit our information booth and talk to our volunteers about the value and ease of a native landscape. Plan to join our speaker discussing how adding native plants to your landscape can support our local pollinators and other critters, improve your soil and reduce […]

Outreach: Eco Fest

This family-friendly event will feature classes and exhibits on sustainability with a focus on how easy it is to be more eco-friendly right here at home.

Outreach: Parks for Pollinators

Join us at the nature center to learn all about native plants and pollinators and how you can become a pollinator champion and help them on their life journeys.

Event Series Montgomery County Home and Garden Show

Montgomery County Home and Garden Show

Reach out and help educate the public at the Montgomery County Home and Garden Show this weekend Sept 16-17, Lone Star Convention Center.  Signup for a shift to relieve Patti and/or hone your native plant spiel by working with Patti Thompson, Outreach Chairperson and one of the best with folks who have not yet awakened to the value of […]

Presentation & Book Signing with W. Rufus Stephens, author of Land Stewardship for Birds

Salado Community Center 601 North Main Street, Salado, Texas, United States

Hosted by Tonkawa Chapter at the Salado Community Center Presentation and Book Signing Featuring Author W. Rufus Stephens New! Renamed and expanded to cover more than 100 counties of Central Texas, Land Stewardship for Birds is a how-to handbook that explains strategies used to restore and maintain healthy bird habitat.

Event Series Montgomery County Home and Garden Show

Montgomery County Home and Garden Show

Reach out and help educate the public at the Montgomery County Home and Garden Show this weekend Sept 16-17, Lone Star Convention Center.  Signup for a shift to relieve Patti and/or hone your native plant spiel by working with Patti Thompson, Outreach Chairperson and one of the best with folks who have not yet awakened to the value of […]

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About the Region

New Braunfels, the location of our Fall 2024 Symposium, straddles both the Edwards Plateau Ecoregion and the Blackland Prairie ecoregion. Interstate 35 divides the city of New Braunfels; its path through the city closely parallels the boundary of these two ecoregions, with the Edwards Plateau on the west side and the Blackland Prairies region to the east. The Edwards Plateau area is also called the Hill Country; however, this general term covers a much larger area extending farther north. Spring-fed creeks are found throughout the region; deep limestone canyons, rivers, and lakes (reservoirs) are common. Ashe juniper is perhaps the most common woody species found throughout the region. Additional woody species include various species of oak, with live oak (Quercus fusiformis) being the most common. Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) border waterways. This area is well known for its spring wildflower displays, though they may be viewed in spring, late summer, and fall, as well. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, average annual rainfall in the Edwards Plateau ranges from 15 to 34 inches.

The Blackland Prairie extends from the Red River south to San Antonio, bordered on the west by the Edwards Plateau and the Cross Timbers, and on the east by the Post Oak Savannah. Annual rainfall averages 30 to 40 inches, with higher averages to the east. This region is dominated by prairie species. The most common grass species include little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) in the uplands and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in the riparian areas and drainages. Common herbaceous flowering plants include salvias, penstemons, and silphiums. This area has suffered greatly from overgrazing and agricultural use. Few intact areas remain, though many of the plants can be found along county roadsides throughout the region.

Our four host chapters (New Braunfels, Lindheimer, Guadalupe, and the Hill Country chapters) are located in one or both of the ecoregions above. However, the eastern portion of Guadalupe County also falls within the Post Oak Savanna ecoregion. Annual rainfall averages 35 to 45 inches, with higher averages to the east. A wide variety of hardwood trees are found, including several species of oaks, elms, and in the Bastrop area, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Grasses and forbs dominate in the open savannas, with most common grass being little bluestem. Ranching, agriculture, and fire suppression have allowed woody species to encroach on the once-open savannas.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason